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  This Week at Interior

  Secretary Burgum was on hand this week at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, as EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin signed a final rule approving the State of West Virginia’s request to regulate the injection of carbon dioxide into deep rock formations. The move, known as "Class VI Primacy," acknowledges that the state is best positioned to protect its underground sources of drinking water while bolstering energy independence.

  This is a great day for West Virginia, and it's a great day for America, because we're delegating responsibility back to the state where it belongs and where it can be responsibly executed. And again, at the end of the day part of the EPA's mission is to make sure that we've got clean air, clean water, clean soil health all of those things, but this action helps move us in that direction.  

  West Virginia is the fourth state granted Class VI primacy under the Trump administration, joining Louisiana, North Dakota and Wyoming.

  Unleashing American energy was just one of a range of topics on the agenda this week as Secretary Burgum welcomed Fox News' "Special Report with Bret Baier" to Interior for a live broadcast from the Yates Auditorium. Along with energy as a national security issue, the Secretary also talked about issues affecting the nation's economy, recent meetings with the Japanese and Indian ambassadors, and outdoor recreation.

  The Bureau of Indian Affairs this week launched Operation Spirit Return, an initiative to help solve missing and unidentified person cases involving American Indians and Alaska Natives in the United States. The initiative is being conducted by the Bureau's Missing and Murdered Unit and will focus on reuniting remains with family members and returning them to their tribal communities.  

  Secretary Burgum this week welcomed the governors and delegates of American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Guam and the U.S. Virgin Islands to the Interagency Group on Insular Areas. The annual meeting allows representatives of the island territories direct access to administration leaders to discuss the many issues and challenges they face back home.

  And our social media Picture of the Week, the Ansel Adams Wilderness in the Sierra Nevada mountains of California. This stunning region is named in honor of the legendary photographer and environmentalist Ansel Adams, who captured the beauty of the American West through his iconic black-and-white landscapes.  

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